Recent advances in the social and developmental biology of the myxobacteria

Microbiological Reviews

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 70-102

  Dworkin, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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CELL DENSITY; CHEMOTAXIS; MYCOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN SECRETION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EUKARYOTA; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYXOCOCCALES; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 0029980554     PISSN: 01460749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mmbr.60.1.70-102.1996     Document Type: Review

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